News Release | Environment Missouri

President Recommits to Tackling Global Warming in Inaugural Address

Our Advocate, Stuart Keating, applauds President Obama's commitment to making global warming as a major priority in his second term.

News Release | Environment Missouri

Obama Administration Finalizes Historic Clean Car Standards

Today the Obama administration is finalizing new clean car standards that will double the fuel efficiency of today’s vehicles by 2025, drastically reducing emissions of carbon pollution and cutting oil use nationwide.  In Missouri, the standards alone will cut as much global warming pollution in 2030 as is emitted by 728,000 of today’s vehicles.

News Release | Environment Missouri

Senator McCaskill Helps Senate Reject Rollback of Mercury Standards

In a victory for Missourians’ health and environment, the U.S. Senate today rejected a bill which would have allowed power plants to continue spewing toxic mercury pollution into our air.  The bill, S.J. Res. 37 introduced by Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), would have put up to 11,000 American lives at risk every year. Senator McCaskill voted against this dangerous proposal.

News Release | Environment Misssouri

EPA Proposes Life-Saving Soot Pollution Standards

Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed updated air quality standards for particulate matter or “soot” pollution.  Soot pollution is the deadliest of the common air pollutants, causing hundreds of premature deaths every year in Missouri through a variety of cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses.

News Release | Environment Missouri Research and Policy Center

Every Missouri County Hit By At Least One Recent Weather Disaster; New Report Says Global Warming to Bring More Extreme Weather

This morning, Environment Missouri released a new report, "In the Path of the Storm." After a year that saw many parts of the country hit by scorching heat, devastating wildfires, severe storms and record flooding, the report documents how global warming could lead to certain extreme weather events becoming even more common or more severe in the future. The report found that, already, every county in Missouri has been hit by at least one federally declared weather-related disaster since 2006.

News Release | Environment Missouri

Landmark Mercury and Air Toxics Pollution Limits Announced

Today, President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the first-ever nationwide standard for mercury and air toxics pollution from power plants. Missouri power plants emit more mercury than those in 46 other states. The new standard is expected to cut toxic mercury pollution from power plants by 90 percent and protect public health.

News Release | Environment Missouri

Missouri Officials Sign Clean Air Promise to Protect Public Health

Last week Missouri's Commissioner of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Dr. Chris Nicastro, Saint Louis Alderwoman Phyllis Young and Saint Louis Alderwoman Lyda Krewson signed onto the Clean Air Promise. The Clean Air Promise is a pledge to protect American children and families from dangerous air pollution by defending clean air policies against Congressional attacks.

News Release | Environment Missouri

New Report: Ameren Labadie Energy Center 2nd in Nation for Mercury Pollution

Saint Louis, MO – Missouri’s power plants emit more mercury pollution than power plants in 46 other states, according to brand new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data outlined in Environment Missouri Research & Policy Center's latest report, Missouri’s Biggest Mercury Polluters.

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New Report: St. Louis Named 7th Smoggiest Large Metro Area in the Country

Today Environment Missouri Research & Policy Center released a new report showing that the St. Louis area ranks as the 7th smoggiest large metropolitan area in the country. Smog is a harmful air pollutant that leads to asthma attacks and exacerbates respiratory illnesses, especially among children and the elderly.